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Guatemalans remember their dead with giant kites as Day of the Dead begins

FILE PHOTO: Men fly kites over graves in the cemetery of Santiago Sacatepequez, Guatemala SANTIAGO SACATEPEQUEZ, Guatemala (Reuters) - Thousands gathered in Central Guatemala on Friday to watch giant ...
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Guatemalans fly giant kites on Day of the Dead

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. STORY: Hand-made out of paper with striking designs, the gigantic kites took months to complete. “Our grandparents told us that ...
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Camp Zama leadership, volunteers support Japanese cultural tradition of giant kites

ZAMA, Japan – Camp Zama leadership attended joint festivals here May 4 celebrating the giant kite, a touchstone of Japanese culture that goes back more than 200 years. The cities of Zama and ...
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Giant kites fill Omaha sky at inaugural Heartwood Preserve festival

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Omaha’s sky came alive with giant kites this weekend, some as big as school buses, as hundreds of people attended the inaugural Heartwood Preserve Kite Festival. The massive ...
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Guatemalans remember their dead with giant kites as Day of the Dead begins

T housands gathered in Central Guatemala on Friday to watch giant kites take flight, a local tradition intended to reconnect the living and the deceased, as Day of the Dead celebrations kicked off ...